Gunman assassinated senior officer in government forces in Al Habeelin- north of Lahij

A senior officer of the government forces was assassinated late Tuesday evening by an armed man in the Al-Haybeleen Directorate in the southern province of Lahij, a security source said on Wednesday.

According to the source of Almasdar online, local residents in the Al-Rabwah area of El- Haybeleen found the body of Colonel Ali Saleh al-Hamidi Chief of staff War of the 84th Frontier Brigade stationed in Sa'ada Governorate, the stronghold of al-Houthi (north).

He was quoted as saying that the colonel was returning to his area and in a way that he had delivered one of his colleagues to a Yafe’a.

He noted that a gunman had cut the road to Chief of staff of General 84 after returning from a YAfe’a and shot him to kill him before throwing his body in the Al-Rabwah area.

He said the gunman looted the military vehicle that was with the colonel.

In the context, the Deputy security director of the Radfan, Bakil Al Wahaibi said that al-Hamidi was returning from his work site for a vacation in his hometown and that upon his arrival in the Haybelen area, the perpetrator” 34 Years old “killed him and throw his body in the area.

Once the perpetrator had been identified, the security forces coordinated with the security of the governorate and the security belt with a to arrest him and bring him to justice for the sanction.